Anti-Biotic Resistance
Is economics one of the reasons for the growth in antibiotic resistance? With Evan Davis.
The Bottom Line · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Antibiotic resistance is a global problem but there have been no new drugs produced since the 1980s. So who is to blame? The public's over-consumption or the current economic model for drug research and production? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
GUESTS
Seema Patel, Medical Director, Hospital Business, Pfizer, UK, Ireland and the Nordics
Lord Jim O'Neill, Chair Anti-Microbial Resistance Review (2016), Former Chief Economist, Goldman Sachs
Professor Colin Garner, Co Founder and Director, Antibiotic Research UK